Weekly Round-Up #130: Take Your Career To The Next Level, Track Your Time Better & Nap Like A Pro

This week we take a look at the signs you’re ready to move your career to a larger city, A new app that will allow you to easily track your time and how you can get the most out of your naps (and when you should be napping).

I’ve worked in cities and large towns and I have to say I didn’t enjoy it. I guess coming from a semi-rural area means that I don’t get on well with crowds, hate public transport and the general rudeness of people. Saying that though, there are some careers that will only work in a big city and some people that long for the city so check out this article to see if you recognise any of the 5 signs that it’s time to up sticks.

I’m currently using Toggl for my time-tracking but I do find its user-interface and the way it organises projects somewhat lacking. TimeCamp looks like it may be an interesting alternative. You get free time tracking for one user and access to a mobile and desktop app, if you’re looking for billable time tracking and integrations with other services such as Basecamp and Trello it costs just $7 a month.

I’ve featured some of Arda Cigin’s articles on Stoicism in my previous round-ups but it might not be clear to you what a “Stoic” actually is. If you’re looking for a brief primer then check out this article which will give you background to the movement so you can understand it’s processes better.

I use Dropbox as a backup storage area for some of my database files – there are lots of apps that can integrate with it and it’s a great way of having files shared across computers (I use it to store my accounts database so I can access it on 2 different PCs). But, Dropbox isn’t just for file storage, you can do a lot more with it.

I used to use Evernote but became a bit overwhelmed with the amount of things it seemed to be capable of doing. I was also put off when they changed their plans so that a lot of the features I was interested in were moved from the free plan.